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sniff out

英 [snɪf aʊt]

美 [snɪf aʊt]

发现; 找到; (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 发现;找到
    If yousniff outsomething, you discover it after some searching.
    1. ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
      训练有素、能够敏锐地嗅出爆炸性新闻或丑闻的记者
    2. ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
      喜欢淘便宜货的人
  • PHRASAL VERB (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
    When a dog used by a group such as the policesniffs outhidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.
    1. A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
      一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。

英英释义

verb

双语例句

  • An electronic nose that could sniff out explosives and food contaminants, could be hugely useful.
    它的最新产品电子鼻能识别炸弹和遭到污染的食物,用途非常广泛。
  • He lives to sniff out stuff like this.
    他一生都是干这行的。
  • Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.
    相反,作为一个货币政策制定者,格林斯潘的成功是由于他能够嗅出经济所面临的威胁,从而调控利率,消除他所感受到的危险。
  • A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
    一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding-place.
    警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • MOSCOW ( Reuters)-Russian police battling fish smugglers have deployed a cat to sniff out contraband, including Caspian Sea sturgeon, the fish that produce Russia's world-famous caviar.
    莫斯科(路透社)目前,正与鱼走私者进行斗争的俄罗斯警方配备了一只猫,来嗅出违禁品,其中包括里海鲟鱼,这种鱼可用来制造驰名世界的俄罗斯鱼子酱。
  • Dad doesn't let them go hungry, however& he hides food nearby, helping teach the pups to sniff out a snack.
    爸爸没有让他们挨饿,不过他躲进附近的食物,帮助教导幼狐嗅出一个小吃。
  • It's his job to sniff out abuses of power.
    他的职责就是查究滥用权力的行为。
  • Mosquitoes can sniff out an attractive human dinner target from as far as 40 miles.
    蚊子能从40英里之外嗅出合其口味的就餐目标。
  • Ask around to sniff out potential mentors, or contact associations in your chosen field;
    四处询问一下来找出潜在的、在你所选择领域中的导师或关系协会;